Method of forming cuff-buttons.



J. L. HERZOG.

METHOD OF FORMING CUFF BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3 1910.

979, 1 63. Pafiented Dec. 20, 1910.

' INVENTOR ATTORNE Y Fig. 2 is an edge view of the blank.-

1 5 an edge view stares.

. To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jos nrn: L. Hnnzomh citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented an Improved Method of Forming Ct1tiButto11s, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a method of making or forming cufl buttons, and more particulai'ly to a button of the styleor type usually known and referred to as a link cufi button, that is, a button comprisingtwo disks connected by a bar or shank, the object of the invention being to devise a method a button of this character may be disk E, connected by the thickenedm the disks D andE being-formedifront th whereby readily and economically formed from a sin- I gle continuous piece of metal, the bar connccting the disks being ofsomewhat greater thickness than the disks, whereby to impart sufficient strength to the withstand any strain or imposed upon it.- I

Vl/ith theseand other ends in view,the invention consists of a method comprising the stress likely to be METHOD or romaine curs-Burrows? Specification of Letters Patent. 1 I; Application filed August a, 1910.

"the metal of which therdisks" B extending transversely butto C, as'i'llustrated in Figs? and'comp finished article to. then, by means, of diesor otherwise, co

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than that of thedisks,"thebar preferably 'at points within the ,l or stud disks.

blank A,' ha'ving-a rib or illustratedin Figs. 1, 2 I, ribbed blank A: Fig. 1 of dues "or otherwise,

rising a smallerdisk D thin portions of the blank A, and theft-hick ened portion F from the rib B'ofjth *blank A. The buttonihus'partially-"fornied."is

verted into the shape as illustrated in Fi 7, 8 and 9, the two thindisks'befingprovided' with the flattened or flanged edges G, and

the connecting metal F converted into the novel steps hereinafter described and po1nted rccmlmmtively thick bar p It Will out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l I button is formed, the button in one sto e of shown in dotted 3, merging into the metal of which said disks its formation being be seen that thus far the disks D and E with their flattened edges G-G lie in substantially the same plane, the thickened bar H connecting the two disks and gradually The button is then bent into its is a plan view of the'blank showing in dotted finished f mustmtfid in -g 11 lines the button in one stage of its formation f tWQ dlsks I of p to be cut from said blank lengthwise of the tlvely thm metal are Set at an angle to each rib on the latter.

Fig 4 is a plan i of other, and the connecting bar K, of com the button at one stage of its formation, Fi ll y thick metal: g at the same of the same, and Fig. 6 an time curved or bent and then dressed into end view thereof. Fig. '7 is a bottom plan its finished view of the button in its next sta e of forma- If desirech'the form of the ribbed ank A ti e Fin; 3 an Adcre i th f d Fio, 9 may be somewhat modified as illust ated in A 1 2: f re a a; v a

' seen that I form the button of a single con tinuous piece of metal, the button comprising two (llShS set at an angle to each other, and connected by a bar of greater thickness Fig. 13, that is, may comprise the colnpara' tively thin portions L and rib M, a groove or recess N being formed in the under side thereof, it being understood. however, that Fig. 14 is a plan view of the the thickness of the rib M in this instance will also be somewhat greater than the portions L, in order to inpart to the finished article a proper thickness of post or connecting bar. FLII'thGIHIO-IG, instead of cutting or stamping the -'partially formed button C it will he transversely of the-rib B, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it may be formed lei'igthwise with relation to said ribB, as illustrated in Ijigs. 3, 14 and 15, in which instance the rib may be made somewhat narrower than in the forassesses, in

No claim, howeven'is made to the button itself, ,as the-'same'is di l X i and claimed in:my Patent No."97 3,864,

October 25, 1910, for cut? production of this button,"

nier instance. In either event, the rib or thickened portion 13 becomes the comparatively thick connecting bar or post K of the finished button.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the above described method, comprising as it does, first, forming the button with tWo disks of comparatively thin metal connected by a partially formed bar of thicker metal from a ribbed blank, secondly, completing the formation of said disks and bar, and finally bending said disks at an angle to each other, is a simple and economical one, and results in the formation of a particularly strong article from a single continuous piece of metal, the method, as I have practiced it, being largely carried out by the use of dies for partially forming the-button from the ribbed blank, and from the partially completed form to the completed form.

"What I claim is:

1. The method herei'nbetore described of forming cuff buttons, comprising the partial formation from a ribbed blank of the two disks of metal from the thin portions of said blank, and a connecting bar from the 2. The,.methodhereinbefore described of metal With a'connecting portion of thicker metal from a ribbed blank, the two disks being formed from the thin portions of said;

blank, and the connecting portion from the rib of said blank, secondly completing the formation of said disks, and then bending said disks at an angle to each other.

3. The method hereinbefore described of forming cuff buttons from a single continu-- ous piece of metal, consisting in-tirst cutting from a ribbed blank the partially .forined button, the thinner portions of said blank forming the disks, and the rib of said blank forming the connecting metal between said disks, secondly, completing the formation of the thickened connecting bar between said disks and also the shape of the comparatively thin disks while in the ,same plane, and finally converting the article into its finished shape.

Signed at New York, borough of Man hattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 29 day of July, A. D. 1910.

' J OSEPH L. HERZUG.

"Witnesses:

A. V. WAL sH, W. R. Enson, 

